If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

A good conscience is the best divinity.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

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

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.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.