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.

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.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country