A room without books is a body without soul

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.