Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

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.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.