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

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

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

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.