The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

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

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

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

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.