Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.