One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.