The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

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.

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

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.