The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

When a man meets his mates society begins.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.