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.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

A room without books is a body without soul

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

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.