You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

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.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.