Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

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

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.