Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

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.

Renown and repose do not go together.

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

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

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...

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour