A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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

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

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.