Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

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

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

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

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

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.