Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

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.

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

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.