Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

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.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.