The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

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.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.