Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.