I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

You can't unscramble an egg.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Nevercut what you can untie.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

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

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.