First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

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

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

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

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.