If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

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

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.