Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to