A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Malice drinketh its own poison.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

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

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.