Silenceis the mother of truth.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

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.