Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

No strength within, no respect without.

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.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.