True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Habit: the shackles of the free

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.