You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

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

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

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

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war