Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

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

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.