Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

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

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

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.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Stability is not immobility

As long as there is life there is danger.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.