Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

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

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

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.