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

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.