The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

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.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.