Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The property of power is to protect.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Renown and repose do not go together.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Necessity truns lion into fox.