Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

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

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.