Malicedrinketh its own poison.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

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.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

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.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

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