A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

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

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

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.