Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

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

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.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

A good conscience is the best divinity.