Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

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.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.