.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

A room without books is a body without soul

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

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.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.