Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

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.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola