Sweet is pleasure after pain

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

Ability is poor men's wealth

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

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.