There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

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

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.