The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

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.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.