Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

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

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

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.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.