Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

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.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.