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.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.