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

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!