The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

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

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it