Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

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

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.