You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

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

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare