Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

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.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.