Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

God made time, but man made haste.