When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

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.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

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