Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

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.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.