Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

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.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.