Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

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

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.