Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Genius is a long impatience.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

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.