Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

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

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.