Nevercut what you can untie.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

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.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

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