The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

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

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.