We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Every advantage has its tax

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.