“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could”

“The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies ”

“Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts”

“Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.”

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

“The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.”