The highest pleasure

The highest pleasure
The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour
  

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Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.
Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
A quiettongue shows a wise head.
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
Thework will teach you how to do it.
Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.
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.
Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !
In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.