It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola