The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history