It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Habit: the shackles of the free

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.