Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

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.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.