To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.