One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.