I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.