Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them