An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

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.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

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 lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.