Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.