The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

To beprepared is half the victory.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Thereare two sides to every question.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

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.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.