Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

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.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Nevercut what you can untie.

To teach isto learn twice.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.