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.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

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

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.