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 desire for change is a sign of safety.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.