A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

The comforter's head never aches.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

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.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.