The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

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...

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.