Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

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

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.