Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Genius is a long impatience.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.