People loan their trust, they don't give it.

The property of power is to protect.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Every advantage has its tax

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

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.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.