Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Ittakes time to save time.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

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

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

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.