To beprepared is half the victory.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

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

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.