To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.