Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

The greatest power is often simple patience.

The greatest power is often simple patience.

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors read more

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors qu'il prie.]

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right read more

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere read more

Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam
Posse volunt.]