Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.