One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

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 is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.