A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

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

Thework will teach you how to do it.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.