It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

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

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.