Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.