Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Compromise.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.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The property of power is to protect.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.