Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

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 doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.