Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving