Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

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