We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.