Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer