Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.