It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

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

Silenceis the mother of truth.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.