The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

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

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.