Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.