You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.