It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

The property of power is to protect.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

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.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.