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.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.