A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

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

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.