Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

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

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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