Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.