A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Every advantage has its tax

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.