The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.