Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

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

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it