We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

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.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.