Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.