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.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

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.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.