Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

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

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

They know enough who know how to learn.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

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.