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

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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 warexisting between the senses and reason.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.