A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

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.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The present is never a happy state to any being

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.