It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

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