The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Ability is poor men's wealth

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.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.