Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

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.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!