Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

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.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.