A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

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.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

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