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.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.