Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

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

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Only the educated are free.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.