Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

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.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.