To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

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.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Throughconflict we get to unity.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.