Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Power comes from sincere service

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

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

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.