If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

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.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.