Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

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

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

All thingsat first appear difficult.