Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

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.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.