Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

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

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it