If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.