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

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

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

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.