Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

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 you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.