Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

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