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

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Stability is not immobility

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

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

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.