There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

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.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.