Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

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.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

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

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.