Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

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

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

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.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.