Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

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.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.