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

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

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

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.