Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep. The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its anti-humanity.

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.

It is the pull of opposite poles that stretches souls. And only stretched souls make music.

A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.

Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.

A man by himself is in bad company.

The greatest weariness comes from work not done.