Thehardest step is over the threshold.

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.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

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

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

To teach isto learn twice.