Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out