Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

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

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.