No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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.

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