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.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.