Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

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

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

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.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.