A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.