Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

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.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.