The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

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.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.