Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.