If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves