Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

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.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

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