Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

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

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.