Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

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.

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

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

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

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.