The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

The first duty of love is to listen.

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

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

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.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

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

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.