It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

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

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.