Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

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 hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

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

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.