He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

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

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.