Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

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