Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.