In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

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

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

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

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Power comes from sincere service

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

The comforter's head never aches.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.