Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

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.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

The comforter's head never aches.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.