The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

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

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.