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

You can't unscramble an egg.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.