The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

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.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

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