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

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

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

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.