Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

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

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.