Hold a true friend with both your hands.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

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.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.