Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

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,

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.