Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

When weblame, we give away our power.

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.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore