Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.