Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

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

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.