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.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.