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

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing: