Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

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.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

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