Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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!

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Only the educated are free.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.