A language is like living skin itself.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

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.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.