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

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

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

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.