A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

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.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Well done is better than well said.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

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