Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

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

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

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

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

There is no knowledge that is not power.