Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.