The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

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

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

Nogarden is without its weeds.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it