The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes