He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

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.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.