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

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

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

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

The comforter's head never aches.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Allthings at first appear difficult.