A language is like living skin itself.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

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

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

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.