A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

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.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.