What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

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 oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.