Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.