To beprepared is half the victory.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

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

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.