The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

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

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.