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

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.