To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

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

You can't unscramble an egg.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

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.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.