The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

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 love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

As a final incentive before giving up a

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.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.