The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

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

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.