Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

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.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.