Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!