Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him