Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

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

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.