Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

A half truth is a whole lie.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.