A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

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

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.