Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Patience is the art of hoping.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.