Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

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

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

The property of power is to protect.