Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.