This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

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

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war