Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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 at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.