Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

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.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.