The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

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

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

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to 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

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.