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.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

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

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

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.