Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.