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

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

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.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.