I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

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

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

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.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.