Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

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