"Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much."

"Oft expectations fails, and most oft there Where most it promises; and oft it hits Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits."

"Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word."

"We know what we are, but not what we may be."

"Foolery... does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere."

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

"When it is a question of money, everyone is of the same religion."

"Wherever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience."

"The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible."

"He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser."

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

"A new vision of development is emerging. Development is becoming a people-centered process, whose ultimate goal must be the improvement of the human condition."