I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

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

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.