Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

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.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

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

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.