Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...