One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.