Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.