It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

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

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.