Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

It is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of a dictator like Saddam Hussein - or of Gadhafi?

Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable.

It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. (On photographs from Abu Ghraib prison.)