The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.