Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.