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.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

... 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

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.