Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

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.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.