What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

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 isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.