Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

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 fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.