Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

What is well done is done soon enough.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

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

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.