There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

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 man's ruin lies in his tongue.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.