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

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it