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

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

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.