Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

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.