The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.