Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

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

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.