It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

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.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.