Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

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.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

When weblame, we give away our power.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola