"Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers"

"Power wears out those who don't have it"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane"

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

"There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk"

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"