Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

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.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

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

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.