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.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.