To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

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

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

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