It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

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

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.