Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

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

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.