All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

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.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

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

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.