Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Every advantage has its tax

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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