To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.