Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

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

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.