Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.