If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

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.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.