If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Ability is poor men's wealth

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

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.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Our power is in our ability to decide.