Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
A fool flatters himself a wise man flatters the fool.
One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the...
He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.