It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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 lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,