If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

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.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.