Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Our power is in our ability to decide.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

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

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.