Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.