Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

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.

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

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.