The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

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.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.