Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

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

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

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

A half truth is a whole lie.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.