A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

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

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out