Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

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.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was