You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

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

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.