Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

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

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Ability is poor men's wealth

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.