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

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

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

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.