It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

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

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

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

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.