Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.