Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

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.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.