Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

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

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.