Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.