As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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

When a man meets his mates society begins.

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.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.