Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

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

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

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.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.