DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

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.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

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

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.