The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Our errors are steps on the way.

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.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.