He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

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

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

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

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

There is no knowledge that is not power.