It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.