A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

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.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.