Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

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.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

The comforter's head never aches.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.