I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

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 greatharmony.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

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

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.