Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.