Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

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.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.