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.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

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

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.