Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Every advantage has its tax

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.