Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

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.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.