Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

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

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.