There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a certain depth in the sea; but in the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

Attention is the stuff that memory is made of, and memory is accumulated genius.

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he who keeps back truth, or withholds it from men, from motives of expediency, is either a coward or a criminal.

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on.

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.