At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.