I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

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