Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

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

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

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.

Patience is the art of hoping.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.