Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

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.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.