Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

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

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.