The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.