Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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.

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

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.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.