The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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 real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.