The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

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.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

The property of power is to protect.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.