Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.