Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Every advantage has its tax

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

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

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.