The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.