The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

A room without books is a body without soul

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.