Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.