History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

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.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.