The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Ability is poor men's wealth

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

A language is like living skin itself.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

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

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and