Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.