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.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.