Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.