It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

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.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

He understands badly who listens badly.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

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.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.