No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

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