What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

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.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.