Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

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

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

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.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.