Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

The greatest prayer is patience.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.