The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

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.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.