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

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.