Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

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 great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

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

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.