Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Power comes from sincere service

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.