Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.