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

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.