Example is better than following it.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.