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

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

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Suspicion begets suspicion.