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.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.