Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

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

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

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.