Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

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.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.