Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

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.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

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

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.