Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

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

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.