The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.