War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.