Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

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

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

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.