A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

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.

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

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.