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.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Compromise.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.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.