Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.