Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

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

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.