Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.