Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Power comes from sincere service

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.