A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

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.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.