There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

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.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

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

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.