Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

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.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.