Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

The property of power is to protect.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.