Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.