A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

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

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the