Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him