Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

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.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.