Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

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

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

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