The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

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

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

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