Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

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.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.