Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

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.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.