Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

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

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.