It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Renown and repose do not go together.

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.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Liberation is not deliverance.