The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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