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

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

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.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.