If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and