The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

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.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.