A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

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.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.