As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action.

Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

by and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them

The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees that filled the comb with honey, the ants that laid up stores for a rainy day - these were among the first creators of civilization. It was they....who taught our ancestors the art of providing for tomorrow out of the surplus of today, or of preparing for winter in summer's time of plenty.