Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.