Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

When a man meets his mates society begins.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

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.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

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

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much