In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

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

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.