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.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

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

Genius is a long impatience.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur