A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Our distrust is very expensive.