Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.