It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.