Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

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.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.