The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

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.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Much learning does not teach understanding.