Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.