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

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur