Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

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.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.