The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Only few men think, but all have opinions.