Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

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

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

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.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.