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

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.