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

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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