Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

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

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

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

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him