Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

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