Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

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

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

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!