Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

No strength within, no respect without.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

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.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

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