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

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

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.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Nostrength within, no respect without.