What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

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.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.