Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself