The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

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.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

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

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.