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

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

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.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.