Power is a companion it is not easy to part with, when it goes, the zest of life goes with it. With dry eyes and clenched fist, one stares after it, jealous of the next one it will single out.

in much knowledge there is also much grief.

What curious little corners of folly are to be found in even the sanest brain!

Nothing is ours really, not even our own souls!

We who are placed above the crowd are not climbing ... so we are never out of breath.

Nothing's far when one wants to get there.

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.