He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

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.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.