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 speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.