Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

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

Every advantage has its tax

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much