Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

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

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.