Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

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

Our errors are steps on the way.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

A language is like living skin itself.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

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.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.