Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

Our errors are steps on the way.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

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

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.