The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Every advantage has its tax

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.