Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

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

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

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.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.