Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

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

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

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.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.