The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

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

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.