If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Habit: the shackles of the free

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

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

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.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.