It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.