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.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur