I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

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

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

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

A room without books is a body without soul

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

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

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.