Renown and repose do not go together.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Ability is poor men's wealth

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.