Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.