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

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

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

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.