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.

Genius is a long impatience.

Renown and repose do not go together.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.