A danger forseen is half avoided.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

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.

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

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.