Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

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

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

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

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.