You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.