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

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

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