Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

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

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

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

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.