Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

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

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

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.