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.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

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

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.