Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

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

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.