Onemust talk little and listen much.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

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

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.