A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

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

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.