We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

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

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.