Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

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

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.