Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and