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.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.