A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

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

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.