One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

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

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.