The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

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.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.