Henry Adams

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

A teacher affects eternity; He can never tell where his influence stops.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
Henry Adams - The Education of Henry Adams
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Friends are born, not made.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

- Henry Adams