Some people suffer in silence louder than others

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

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

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

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves