All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

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

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

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.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears