A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

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