A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

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

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

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.