All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.