Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

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

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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.