Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.