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

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!