Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

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.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.