A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

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.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

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