Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

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.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.