The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

No strength within, no respect without.

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

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