There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.