It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

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