Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

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