Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

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

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

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.