Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

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

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.