Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Nevercut what you can untie.

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

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.