A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

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

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

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.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.