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.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.