The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

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

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Our power is in our ability to decide.