When you hear the word 'Invietable' watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

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.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

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.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.