Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

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Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

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

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.