I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

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

Sweet is pleasure after pain

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.