Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

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

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.