Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

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

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.