Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.