Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

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.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

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

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.