Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

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

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.