Step after step the ladder is ascended

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

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

The present is never a happy state to any being

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.