Our patience will achieve more than our force.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.