The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.