Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

As long as there is life there is danger.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

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

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.