Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.