The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

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 man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.