We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

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.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

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

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.