Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

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

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

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.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Much learning does not teach understanding.