The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

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.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .