An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.

If you create a character, you create a destiny.