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

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.