The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

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

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…