The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.