The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.