No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.