You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

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.