The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

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.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

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

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.