Every advantage has its tax

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

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.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.