True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

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.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.