Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

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

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.