The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

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

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

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.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.