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

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.