Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

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.