Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

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 pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.