Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

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 newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.