The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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

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

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

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

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

A language is like living skin itself.