A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

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.

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

Suspicion begets suspicion.