Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

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

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Malice drinketh its own poison.