Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

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

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.