The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

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.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.