No strength within, no respect without.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him