Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

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.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.