Power is as power does.

There is an abundance of power to be found in simplicity.

No man has a surplus of power: meaning by power— time, talents, money, influence.

It is one of the unfortunate aspects of the legal profession that excess carries no penalty. There is never, for a lawyer, such a thing as too much.

there is no such thing as too much communication.

Unlimited power is helpless, as arbitrary power is capricious. Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We can attempt nothing great, but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter: we can persevere in nothing great, but from a pride in overcoming them.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

Enough is never too little.

There’s nothing excessive about imagination. Especially where love is concerned.

It’s like that in life in general: everything in moderation. You mustn’t go over the top.

Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.

There was no limit to what one man might do, if he gave all, and held back nothing.

Nothing in excess, including self-denial.