Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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 purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.