The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

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

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

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 possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.