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.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Thereare two sides to every question.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

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