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

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.