A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

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.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.