Well done is better than well said.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

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

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.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.