If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

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

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

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.