A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.