Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

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

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.