I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

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

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

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

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.