To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

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.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.