A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

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

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.