Step after step the ladder is ascended

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

To be preparedis half the victory.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.