Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

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

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.