Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.