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

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.