It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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...

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.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

The property of power is to protect.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.