Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

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!

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.