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.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

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.

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

A half truth is a whole lie.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

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

Renown and repose do not go together.