A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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

Onemust talk little and listen much.