Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

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.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.