We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

God has created the world in play.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

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.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.