The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.