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

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

He understands badly who listens badly.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.