The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.