Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

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

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.