Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.