Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

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.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou