It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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.