A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.