Pleasant words are the food of love.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

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

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.