Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

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

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.