Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

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

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

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.