No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

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.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Genius is a long impatience.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.