Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

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.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Genius is a long impatience.