Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

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

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.